Holder for electric lights and other purposes



P. 1. TIMBERLAKE. HOLDER FOR ELECTRIC LIGHTS AND OTHER PURPOSES. APPLICATION FILED APR. 6, 1920. RENEWED NOV. 28. I9

Patented Feb.14, 1922.

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFlCEr PAUL J. TIL-IBERLAKE, OF JACKSON, MICHIGAN.

HQLDER FOR ELECTRIC LIGHTS AND OTHER PURPOSES Patented Feb. 14, 1922,.

Application filed April 6, 1820, Serial No. 371,?26. Renewed November 28, 1921. Serial No. 518,429.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it knownthat I, PAUL J. Tnrsnnminn, a citizenrof the United States, residing at Jackson, in the county of Jackson and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Holders for Electric Lights and other Purposes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to holders for electric lamps and other objects and has primarily for its purpose to enable one to adapt an ornamental jar or vase to serve as standard for the lampor other object to be supporter.

In another application heretofore filed by me, Serial No. 348,813, I have shown a number of forms of the invention here presented, in its general features. In the present case I propose to describe and claim a form of the invention different from that disclosed in my other case.

In the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view illustrating the invention applied to a jar.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line IIII of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view on the line IIIIII of Fig. 2. v

In the drawings A represents a jar, and as the invention is adapted to a wide variety of uses and may be employed in connection with other forms of standard than a jar, I herein use the generic expression hollow standard to designate the article of which the jar A is a type. B designates a cover for the open end of the jar, and C an electric light connection supported thereon. This electric connection C is likewise typical, as other articles than electric fixtures may be supported by the standard and above the cover.

2 designates a long screw passing through the cover, its head 3 bearing against the upper surface thereof, permitting it to be manipulated from the outside of the standard. Supported by the screw and adjustable thereon is a piece 4 located within the jar. This part is preferably a piece of flat material formed with a flange 17, in which is seated the screw 2.

A supporting piece 7 is pivotally united with the adjustable piece 4 by a pivot 11. The supporting piece consists of a central portion that normally occupies a position longitudinally substantially at right angles with the main or body portion of the adjustable piece 4, where it is held by a Spring 9,

in engagement with a stop 12 carried by the piece'4. The supporting piece has at its opposite ends flanges 8 in which are formed screw threaded openings to receive the screw threaded stems 6 of holding arms 5. The arms-are formed at their ends into suitably shaped heads, 10, to engage with the inner sur ace of the standard A, and these may be covered with rubber tubing in order to give them resiliency and permit them to engage with the standard without slipping. lVhen the parts are assembled and it is desired to introduce the holding membersinto a hollow standard, in order to secure the cover upon the open end of the standard, thearmssupporting member 7 is rocked on its pivot, distending the spring 9, and causing the holding arms 5-5 to be so inclined, as represented by dotted lines in Fig. -1,that they may pass freely through the contracted mouth or open end of the standard. Upon being inserted into the standard the spring 9 automatically moves the piece 7 and the arms that it carries into position to engage with the inner wall of the standard so as to hold the cover in place, this position being preferably with the arms horizontal. Prior to being inserted into the standard A the arms 5 are adjusted, in their supporting piece 7, so that the heads 10 thereof shall occupy proper positions to engage with the inner wall of the jar to hold the cover thereon, the adjustment being permitted by reason of the screw threaded engagement of the stems 6 of the arms with the flanges 8 of the supporting piece. Preferably each stem 6 has a screw thread engagement with both flanges 8. The relatively widely separated supporting bearings for each arm thus provided insure that the arms shall be rigidly held.

After the spring 9 has moved the arms into holding position the screw 2 is manipulated so as to adjustthe piece 4 in order to move the holding arms into forcible engagement with the inner surface of the standard A.

hat I claim is 1. The combination with a holder for an article such as an electric lamp, of means for securing it to a hollow standard, comprising arms adapted to enter the standard and engage with the inner walls thereof, a supporting piece for the arms from which they extend in opposite directions, and a pivotal support for the said supporting piece adapted. to be inserted into the standard,

the said pivotal support allowing the holding arms to be inclined so they may pass through a contracted opening into the standard.

2. The combination with a holder for an article such as an electric lamp, of means for securing it to a hollow standard, comprising holding arms adapted to enter the standard, a supporting piece for the arms from which they extend in opposite directions, an adjustable piece to which the supporting piece is pivotally connected, and means for adjusting the adjustable piece to bring the arms into holding position.

3. The combination with a hollow standard, of a cover therefor, a screw sup-ported by the cover and extending within the standard, an adjustable piece supported by the screw, a supporting piece p-ivotally connected with the adjustable piece, and holding arms carried by the pivoted supporting piece and extending therefrom'in opposite direction.

4:. The combination with a hollow standard, of a cover therefor, a screwsupported by the cover extending withinthe standard, an adjustable piece supported by the screw, a supporting piece pivotally connected with the adjustable piece, and adjustable holding arms having screw threaded stems seated in the supporting piece, the arms extending from the supporting piece in opposite directions, and having ends adapted to engage with the inner walls of the hollow standard.

5. The combination with a hollow standard and a support carried thereby for an article such as an electriclamp of means for securing the support to the standard, comprising arms adapted to enter the standard and to engage with the inner wall thereof, a supporting piece carrying the arms from 'which they extend in opposite directions, a

closing its open end, a screw supported by the cover and extendin within the standard, a piece supported by the screw and adapted to be adjusted thereby, a supporting piece pivotally connected with the adjustable plece, and formed with a pair of flanges in which are screw threaded openings, a pair of arms seated in the said screw threaded openings and extending from the supporting piece in opposite directions, the arms having at their ends holding heads adapted to engage with the inner wall of the standard, and a spring actlng on the pivoted arms. carrying piece tending to move it into normal, substantially horizontal, osition.

PAUL J. TIM ERLAKE. 

